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Amazon to have Kindle Fire 2 ready by Q2

Amazon is reportedly preparing the launch of the Kindle Fire 2 some time in Quarter 2 of this year, probably late July. The device is reported to be a 10" based device, which is bigger than the current Kindle Fire which stands at ...

12 years ago

VIA to make SSD controllers

VIA has selected Tensilica's Xtensa dataplane processors (DPUs) for a system-on-chip (SOC) design for solid state drives (SSDs).  After conducting a technical evaluation, VIA determined that Tensilica's DPUs provide over four times ...

12 years ago

Reshuffle at AMD continues with addition of John Byrne

AMD is continuing the reshuffling of its staff in an attempt to make itself more competitive and successful in the long run. The latest change is the creation of a brand new position at AMD, General Manager of Global Accounts. ...

12 years ago

Civilization V to get Gods and Kings expansion pack

2K Games announced today that Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings, the expansion pack for the award-winning Civilization V, is being developed for Windows-based PC. Developed by Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization V: ...

12 years ago

Intel to release Atom Z2610 in Q2

Intel released details of its Medfield platform last month. It was plagued by a whole load of analytical criticism claiming Intel simply didn't have the value for money, performance or power consumption figures required to be ...

12 years ago

Syndicate Dev Starbreeze sacks 25 staff after finishing game

Swedish studio Starbreeze is axing 25 jobs after completing work on EA shooter Syndicate. "It is sad that we are forced to make staff cutbacks affecting employees," Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark said in a statement issued to ...

12 years ago

Angry Birds… Space?

One of the most played games in the world is headed to space. Rovio will launch Angry Brirds Space on March 22, the developer said. This is a completely new game, not an expansion, with new physics and gameplay elements, such as ...

12 years ago

Elpida’s potential Bankruptcy threatens entire DRAM market

If the DRAM company Elpida is unable to repay staggering loans to the tune of $1.5 billion then its insolvency could send significant shock waves through the DRAM market. The company's loans are short term with private lenders and ...

12 years ago

Chipset details on Ivy Bridge’s successor Haswell are revealed

Haswell is Intel's successor to Ivy Bridge, due out in 2013. It will bring a new CPU socket to the market, LGA 1150 and additionally a new chipset to be known as Lynx Point. The naming that Lynx Point will use will be the 8-series ...

12 years ago

ASRock adds ‘Scout Mode’ to its Game Blaster expansion cards

ASRock is well established in terms of its reputation for gamer orientated motherboards. One of the distinctive features which sets ASRock apart from the rest of the competition is its Game Blaster expansion card. It integrates a ...

12 years ago

Gotham City glitches being investigated

Monolith says it's investigating a data wipe glitch affecting Gotham City Impostors. An admin on the game's official forums said the team has received reports of stats totally resetting, "usually when the upgrade from the trial ...

12 years ago

DLC for Mass Effect 3 hinted at

Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson has said the developer intends to support the game with new for some time following its March release. Asked about the future of the series now development of Mass Effect 3 is ...

12 years ago

Enermax announces the DreamBass, an innovative USB sound solution

Enermax has officially announced its first audio product: DreamBass. The company has mainly been influenced in the making of this product by two factors: the increase in portable computers to use badly balanced integrated audio ...

12 years ago

Gears of War 3 Forces of Nature DLC announced

Epic has announced Gears of War 3 DLC Forces of Nature, due out on 27th March. Forces of Nature is a collection of three new maps, each set during a natural disaster, and two remakes from previous Gears games. The new maps are ...

12 years ago

Tactical Intervention from Counter Strike goes F2P on release

Minh "Gooseman" Le, creator of Counter-Strike, has returned with a new game, free-to-play first-person shooter Tactical Intervention. OGPlanet has picked up the game for release in North America. At the recently re-launched ...

12 years ago

No PS2 or PS3 Games on PS Vita

Sony has no plans to bring PS2 or PS3 games to PS Vita, it's confirmed. "Users can play supported digital PSP titles and supported minis," Sony said in a Vita FAQ on the PlayStation Blog. "In regard to PSone classics titles, ...

12 years ago

Lead Writer of KOTOR and Mass Effect retires from Bioware

Drew Karpyshyn, the lead writer of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect 1, has retired from BioWare and video games. The parting was "completely amicable and 100 per cent my decision", wrote Karpyshyn on his ...

12 years ago

AMD preparing three new 95 W FX processors

AMD is set to launch a bunch of new and fresh processors before the end of this quarter, all taking place in the FX Series, three of which will boast a TDP of 95 W; the FX-4150 quad-core, the FX-6120 hexa-core and the FX-8140 ...

12 years ago

Roccat Kulo now with donut-shaped earpads

Roccat Studios has now made donut-shaped earpads available in the new package of the Kulo headset. Made of soft velvet and cushioning, the replacement earpads now make long gaming section more comfortable. Originally the Kulo ...

12 years ago

Sharkoon teases its next gaming mouse

Sharkoon has released the first pictures of its next high-end gaming mouse named DarkGlider. In the teaser picture you can see the DarkGlider is primarily a right handed mouse. Next to the left-click button you can see a small ...

12 years ago

Silicon Power reveals the Extreme E25 SSD

Silicon Power today introduces its latest addition in its Solid State Drive lineup with the Extreme E25 SSD. While it is categorized under the Extreme series, it doesn't feature a SATA III interface, but rather SATA II. While ...

12 years ago

Ivy Bridge delayed once more

Disappointingly for some, the next generation of processors has been delayed with Intel reportedly putting off the mass-shipments of its third-generation Core processors, known under the codename Ivy Bridge, to June. You should ...

12 years ago

Sony insists it is committed to PS3 and Vita for now, not PS4

Jack Tretton, CEO and president of Sony Computer Entertainment America has said that he is far too occupied with supporting the PlayStation 3 and pushing the PlayStation Vita to even think about launching new technology. In an ...

12 years ago

Deal of the day – CoolerMaster Cosmos II Chassis – £319.98

We've all heard of the Cosmos range of chassis products from Cooler Master and with the release of the Cosmos II recently, stock is very tight due to the rarity and price factor of this particular case, but British based retailer ...

12 years ago

‘Mass Effect 3’ first game in actual space?

The hype for one of the year's hottest video games, Mass Effect 3 (out March 6, on PS3, Xbox 360 and PCs, ages 17-up) is reaching new stratospheric heights. In case you don't know, a playable demo has already hit Xbox Live and ...

12 years ago

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12 years ago

TSMC overwhelmed with orders

The Taiwan-based chip manufacturer currently has enough order from its major clients to have their hands full. According to Digitimes, the number of orders currently coming in from the likes of AMD, Broadcom, MediaTek, MStar ...

12 years ago

Assassin’s Creed III confirmed, arrives on October 30th

Assassin's Creed III has just been announced, and has a slated release date of October 30th, just in time for some Halloween-based gaming. The game was confirmed on the latest Ubisoft investor call, letting the rumors rest that the ...

12 years ago

Razer unveils its Mass Effect 3 product line

Razer, along with BioWare, has recently unveiled a new line of peripherals geareds toward the upcoming and anticipated action RPG Mass Effect 3. [youtube]x7vhE1pL6Qw[/youtube] In this lot you will find some of Razer's award ...

12 years ago

AMD Radeon HD 7750 CrossFire Review

As we have recently seen the Radeon HD 7750 is a fantastic entry level card for those wishing to get on to the 7000 series ladder.  Its 2D performance for the everyday user is a highly cost effective upgrade and even allows for ...

12 years ago

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